Ismail Haniyeh to Iranian People: You Are Partners in Arab Victories

February 11, 2012

5 1 minute read

Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh took part Saturday in Iranâ€™s commemoration of its 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran. After thanking the Islamic Republic for supporting the resistance movements, he assured in a speech he delivered before the millions of participants in the celebrations that Hamas â€œwill never recognize Israelâ€.

“They want us to recognize the Israeli occupation and cease resistance but, as the representative of the Palestinian people and in the name of all the world’s freedom seekers, I am announcing from Azadi Square in Tehran that we will never recognize Israel,â€ he said.

Haniyeh further emphasized that resistance and jihad are the strategic choice for this nation and the only path for liberating Al-Quds.

â€œThe resistance will continue until all the Palestinian land, including Al-Quds, is liberated and all the refugees return,” he said.

Indicating that the Iranian people are a partner in the Arab victory against the Zionist entity, the Palestinian prime minister rejected the American and Zionist threats to the Islamic Republic, and the Western interference in the Arab and Islamic region, and stressed the importance of Islamic unity.

â€œThe Islamic Revolution in Iran, the resistance, and the Arab spring assure that this is the period of the people, and that no one could stand against the will of the people,â€ he added.

Moreover, Haniyeh continued addressing the Iranian people saying: â€œWe come to you, o Muslim people, on this day, to brace the victories from the blessed land of Palestine to the Islamic revolution in Iran.â€